Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961 [e] וַֽיְהִ֖י way-hî And it came to pass Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pull out or up 1a2) to set out, depart 1a3) to journey, march 1a4) to set forth (of wind) 1b) (Niphal) to be pulled up, be removed, be plucked up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to set out, lead out, cause to spring up 1c2) to remove, quarry">5265 [e] בְּנָסְעָ֣ם bə-nā-sə-‘ām as they journeyed Prep-b | V-Qal-Inf | 3mp 1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime 1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East 1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time 1c) anciently, of old (adverb) 1d) beginning 1e) east adv 2) eastward, to or toward the East">6924 [e] מִקֶּ֑דֶם miq-qe-ḏem; from the east Prep-m | N-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)">4672 [e] וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ way-yim-ṣə-’ū that they found Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 2) plain, level valley">1237 [e] בִקְעָ֛ה ḇiq-‘āh a plain N-fs 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan">776 [e] בְּאֶ֥רֶץ bə-’e-reṣ in the land Prep-b | N-fsc 1) the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea">8152 [e] שִׁנְעָ֖ר šin-‘ār of Shinar N-proper-fs 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell">3427 [e] וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ way-yê-šə-ḇū and they dwelt Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 1a) there 1b) thither (after verbs of motion) 1c) from there, thence 1d) then (as an adverb of time)">8033 [e] שָֽׁם׃ šām. there Adv

New American Standard Bible
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

King James Bible
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

from the east. or, eastward.

Genesis 13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: …

Shinar. See on ver.

Genesis 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there …

Genesis 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, …

Genesis 14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch …

Isaiah 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his …

Daniel 1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part …

Zechariah 5:11 And he said to me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and …

Genesis 11:2 • Genesis 11:2 NIV • Genesis 11:2 NLT • Genesis 11:2 ESV • Genesis 11:2 NASB • Genesis 11:2 KJV • Genesis 11:2 Bible Apps • Genesis 11:2 Biblia Paralela • Genesis 11:2 Chinese Bible • Genesis 11:2 French Bible • Genesis 11:2 German Bible • Bible Hub